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Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay: Which City's Better?

As the Packers take on the Steelers in the Super Bowl on Sunday, The Daily Beast hosts a civic smackdown, pitting the cities in 24 categories, from crime to looks to STDs.

Pittsburgh and Green Bay football fans will have to wait ‘til Sunday to settle the score regarding who has the better roster on the field, but which city can claim superior residents and a better quality of life? Which is Titletown, USA when it comes to single men (and women), good drivers, business opportunities and sunny days?

The Daily Beast decided to pit the two metros against one another in two dozen categories to figure out which city wins the ring in everything but professional pigskin. We used our own plentiful city and state rankings, as well as reputable lists culled by other media outlets to create a complete scorecard.

One thing to note: For many categories, where Green Bay, with a bit more than 100,000 people, was too small to come up on the radar, we used the stat for Milwaukee, which considers the Packers its hometown team, too. We also considered state-level comparisons in some categories.

So, who’s in the winner in this battle of true bragging rights? Read on for the full play-by-play…

Highlights: This was an easy field goal for the Steel City, earning the 19th spot among America’s most innovative cities while Green Bay was lost at the 77th spot.

Score: Green Bay 7, Pittsburgh 12

Category: Crime

Winner: Pittsburgh

Highlights: Not a close call here. According to violent-crime statistics released by the FBI, Pittsburgh had 343 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2009. Milwaukee had nearly 500 incidents per 100,000 residents.

Highlights: Among the 50 states, Pennsylvania is the 8th most corrupt and Wisconsin is the 18th.

Score: Green Bay 8, Pittsburgh 13

Category: Weather

Winner: Green Bay

Highlights: Neither Green Bay nor Pittsburgh is a sunny city, but Green Bay has a slight upper hand here, with sunny days comprising more than half of the average year. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, has sunny days just 45 percent of the year.